The Garden Club have been busy at work recently, having received lots of plants from the Rocket Garden Competition run by Harrisons, our caterers.

Soon we will be able to harvest some fresh salad leaves, succulent strawberries and delicious raspberries. In a few weeks courgettes, tomatoes and beans will follow, and in the autumn we hope to lift some late potatoes. The cabbages have had a bit of a munch from The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but otherwise everything is looking in great shape.

We are busy clearing a couple of beds for some fast growing seeds which will yield radishes and more salad by the end of term and some slow growing beetroot for October harvesting.

As you can see, one of our group is very proud of his prize winning carrots!

Mrs Petrozzi invited her friends from The Glenlyn Academy in Sydenham to come into Orchard and spend the day showing our pupils what they teach in their studio.

James took Year groups 3,4,5 & 6 through some dance moves, which they all took part in and were pretty amazed by his moves, especially his breakdancing routine.

Ben took them all through singing, drama and musical theatre.

Everyone spent the day singing along to the songs and feeling like we should be on the stage.

It was a wonderful opportunity to have a workshop which introduced our pupils to musical theatre, dance & drama. The workshops give children of all ages a
unique and exciting insight into theatre and performing. Everyone spent the day singing along to the songs and feeling like we should be on the stage.